'Artists generate business' - why the Basic Income scheme matters Elaine Desmond from the National Campaign for the Arts makes a case for the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, currently under review after a three-year pilot period. Opinion and Analysis • 4 hrs
'Artists generate business' - why the Basic Income scheme matters Elaine Desmond from the National Campaign for the Arts makes a case for the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, currently under review after a three-year pilot period. Opinion and Analysis • 4 hrs
Why seeing Oasis live changed my mind about a Smiths reunion I was adamant. Absolutely resolute. I've spoken about it, written about it, bored my friends to death across pub tables about it: there is no way on earth that I would like to see my favourite band of all time, The Smiths, getting back together. The Lauren Murphy Column • 23 Aug
Why seeing Oasis live changed my mind about a Smiths reunion I was adamant. Absolutely resolute. I've spoken about it, written about it, bored my friends to death across pub tables about it: there is no way on earth that I would like to see my favourite band of all time, The Smiths, getting back together. The Lauren Murphy Column • 23 Aug
Why have the best films of 2025 so far been horrors? I love horror films. Creepy horror, ghost stories, slashers, vampires, zombies, monsters, aliens, witches, haunted houses, found footage and best of all, folk horror. Pop Culture • 27 Aug
Why have the best films of 2025 so far been horrors? I love horror films. Creepy horror, ghost stories, slashers, vampires, zombies, monsters, aliens, witches, haunted houses, found footage and best of all, folk horror. Pop Culture • 27 Aug
The ten best songs under one minute long Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it's important to use it wisely. Music • 21 Aug
The ten best songs under one minute long Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it's important to use it wisely. Music • 21 Aug
The battle to keep games alive after publishers pull the plug When you buy something, you often think that you own it. That it's yours to use whenever and if ever you want to. When you leave the shop with that book, you can read it until the pages fall out. With a CD, you get to play it until the end of time. Games • 18 Aug
The battle to keep games alive after publishers pull the plug When you buy something, you often think that you own it. That it's yours to use whenever and if ever you want to. When you leave the shop with that book, you can read it until the pages fall out. With a CD, you get to play it until the end of time. Games • 18 Aug
Definitely Maybe? Probably not. Oasis, mix tapes and looking back My wife is watching Mix Tape. She tells me that I should watch it ... Opinion and Analysis • 11 Aug
Definitely Maybe? Probably not. Oasis, mix tapes and looking back My wife is watching Mix Tape. She tells me that I should watch it ... Opinion and Analysis • 11 Aug
From Croker to the Hills: how one song defines Donegal GAA pride Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. I'm freshly fifteen years old, and standing in the lower Davin stand. I'm with my older sister, and we're alone in a crowd of eighty thousand people. Pop Culture • 25 Jul
From Croker to the Hills: how one song defines Donegal GAA pride Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. I'm freshly fifteen years old, and standing in the lower Davin stand. I'm with my older sister, and we're alone in a crowd of eighty thousand people. Pop Culture • 25 Jul
How Ozzy Osbourne's spirit of defiance changed music forever Ozzy Osbourne's death is not just the passing of another rock star, writes Douglas Schulz. Opinion and Analysis • 24 Jul
How Ozzy Osbourne's spirit of defiance changed music forever Ozzy Osbourne's death is not just the passing of another rock star, writes Douglas Schulz. Opinion and Analysis • 24 Jul
Lana vs. the critics: should musicians clap back at bad reviews? Who'd be a critic, eh? You're out there, just doing your job and sharing your opinion when all of a sudden an unruly tide of pitchfork-waving fans is unleashed upon you. The Lauren Murphy Column • 13 Jul
Lana vs. the critics: should musicians clap back at bad reviews? Who'd be a critic, eh? You're out there, just doing your job and sharing your opinion when all of a sudden an unruly tide of pitchfork-waving fans is unleashed upon you. The Lauren Murphy Column • 13 Jul
Is this the new golden age of video games? Gamers are nostalgic people. Often, if you get chatting with someone about their favourites, you'll time-travel ten or twenty years in a single conversation, back to an era of cartridges, discs and dial-up internet. Games • 26 Jun
Is this the new golden age of video games? Gamers are nostalgic people. Often, if you get chatting with someone about their favourites, you'll time-travel ten or twenty years in a single conversation, back to an era of cartridges, discs and dial-up internet. Games • 26 Jun
Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover: satire or self-degradation? Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend album cover has fans divided. Opinion and Analysis • 27 Jun
Sabrina Carpenter's new album cover: satire or self-degradation? Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend album cover has fans divided. Opinion and Analysis • 27 Jun
Summer of CMAT: the rise and rise of Ireland's gobbiest pop star It's out with the cigs, the Bic lighters, the "strappy white tops with no bra" and all the other garish lime green accoutrements; time to drag out the cowboy hats and boots, tooth jewels and brightly coloured tights from storage. The Lauren Murphy Column • 14 Jun
Summer of CMAT: the rise and rise of Ireland's gobbiest pop star It's out with the cigs, the Bic lighters, the "strappy white tops with no bra" and all the other garish lime green accoutrements; time to drag out the cowboy hats and boots, tooth jewels and brightly coloured tights from storage. The Lauren Murphy Column • 14 Jun
Sly Stone remembered: the influential funk pioneer took us higher There's immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring stadiums into their dotage, writes Adam Behr... In Memoriam • 12 Jun
Sly Stone remembered: the influential funk pioneer took us higher There's immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring stadiums into their dotage, writes Adam Behr... In Memoriam • 12 Jun
Why Jane Austen novels make perfect period adaptations Announcing its new six-part adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Netflix quoted screenwriter Dolly Alderton as saying: "Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story." Opinion and Analysis • 11 Jun
Why Jane Austen novels make perfect period adaptations Announcing its new six-part adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Netflix quoted screenwriter Dolly Alderton as saying: "Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story." Opinion and Analysis • 11 Jun
Support, don't star: rethinking the Arts Council's role Theatremaker Dan Colley asks: Has the Arts Council of Ireland taken on too much 'main character energy'? Opinion and Analysis • 07 Jun
Support, don't star: rethinking the Arts Council's role Theatremaker Dan Colley asks: Has the Arts Council of Ireland taken on too much 'main character energy'? Opinion and Analysis • 07 Jun
Why it's time to tune into Ireland's female musicians We present an extract from Why Not Her? A Manifesto for Culture Change, the new book by Linda Coogan Byrne. Opinion and Analysis • 26 May
Why it's time to tune into Ireland's female musicians We present an extract from Why Not Her? A Manifesto for Culture Change, the new book by Linda Coogan Byrne. Opinion and Analysis • 26 May
AI, journalism and the importance of human voices It was inevitable, but it doesn't make it any less terrifying. Most people working within the creative arts - musicians, animators, filmmakers, designers - have already felt the ramifications of AI within their industries. The Lauren Murphy Column • 24 May
AI, journalism and the importance of human voices It was inevitable, but it doesn't make it any less terrifying. Most people working within the creative arts - musicians, animators, filmmakers, designers - have already felt the ramifications of AI within their industries. The Lauren Murphy Column • 24 May
Future of Basic Income for the Arts scheme remains uncertain Via The Journal Of Music: With just over three months until the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme comes to an end, a government decision on its future has yet to be made. Opinion and Analysis • 21 May
Future of Basic Income for the Arts scheme remains uncertain Via The Journal Of Music: With just over three months until the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme comes to an end, a government decision on its future has yet to be made. Opinion and Analysis • 21 May
How David Attenborough reshaped how we see the natural world Over the course of seven decades, Sir David Attenborough's documentaries have reshaped how we see the natural world, shifting from colonial-era collecting trips to urgent calls for environmental action Opinion and Analysis • 20 May
How David Attenborough reshaped how we see the natural world Over the course of seven decades, Sir David Attenborough's documentaries have reshaped how we see the natural world, shifting from colonial-era collecting trips to urgent calls for environmental action Opinion and Analysis • 20 May
The world can criticise Kneecap, but they have started something The controversy surrounding the Irish rap band has obscured deeper questions about power, conflict and resistance, but they won't go away, writes Toner Quinn. Opinion and Analysis • 03 May
The world can criticise Kneecap, but they have started something The controversy surrounding the Irish rap band has obscured deeper questions about power, conflict and resistance, but they won't go away, writes Toner Quinn. Opinion and Analysis • 03 May
Why Hollywood is finally taking horror films seriously Horror films have always held an interesting place in cultural and cinematic circles, writes Reece Goodall. Opinion and Analysis • 28 Apr
Why Hollywood is finally taking horror films seriously Horror films have always held an interesting place in cultural and cinematic circles, writes Reece Goodall. Opinion and Analysis • 28 Apr
Have we already passed peak TV? It was Ardal O'Hanlon who provided the voice of reason... The Lauren Murphy Column • 19 Apr
Have we already passed peak TV? It was Ardal O'Hanlon who provided the voice of reason... The Lauren Murphy Column • 19 Apr
All the Shakespearean references in The White Lotus S3, explained Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the ending of White Lotus season three. Pop Culture • 15 Apr
All the Shakespearean references in The White Lotus S3, explained Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the ending of White Lotus season three. Pop Culture • 15 Apr
Ryan Adams, bad gigs and the fine art of the sh*t show It was clear from the first few seconds that this was not going to be an ordinary gig... Opinion and Analysis • 10 Apr
Ryan Adams, bad gigs and the fine art of the sh*t show It was clear from the first few seconds that this was not going to be an ordinary gig... Opinion and Analysis • 10 Apr
How did Irish authors' books end up in Meta's AI data? We've been here before. Remember the 'You wouldn't steal a car' piracy ads in the early noughties, ushered in by the increase in dodgy DVD copies of the latest Hollywood blockbusters? Opinion and Analysis • 08 Apr
How did Irish authors' books end up in Meta's AI data? We've been here before. Remember the 'You wouldn't steal a car' piracy ads in the early noughties, ushered in by the increase in dodgy DVD copies of the latest Hollywood blockbusters? Opinion and Analysis • 08 Apr
